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PVCA & AMWU in Canberra to make ATustralia Post Senate submission
he PVCA and the industry,” said Walter Kuhn, AMWU appeared president of PVCA.
jointly to make a “We have seen a detrimental submission before impact on sectors of our
the Senate Standing industry such as paper and Committee's inquiry into envelope making and printing
Australia Post, representing the printing, mailing and associated industries.
PVCA president Walter Kuhn and assistant national secretary, AMWU, Lorraine Cassin, together with Margaret Hogan, national industrial officer, AMWU, went to Parliament House in Canberra, to present to the Committee.
The trio specifically tackled the issues of the secret AusPost review by Boston Consulting, future service reductions,
and the need for an industry stakeholder group to be established.
“Australia Post is a vital
and essential national asset and service which serves
the graphical printing and packaging industry and any decline in the delivery model has a detrimental effect on our
PICA and National Print PAwards dates released
of material for the Unadressed Mail Service,” said Lorraine Cassin, assistant national secretary, AMWU.
The position put by the PVCA and the AMWU on the Boston the secretive Boston Consulting Group report was that it should be released, in the interests
of transparency for such an important national asset as Australia Post, as it belongs to all Australians.
Kuhn and Cassin also told
the committee that the future reductions of Australia Post’s service model is rejected by
the PVCA and AMWU. They demanded a cessation of the reduced mail on 30 June, and
a return to the normal service, so that Australians, particularly those from lower socio economic groups and the elderly who are not digitally connected,
Presenting on AusPost: Magaret Hogan and Lorraine Cassin, AMWU; and Walter Kuhn, president, PVCA
get their information in a timely manner, and are not disadvantaged because of their status.
The PVCA and the AMWU also put forward that an Industry Stakeholder group be set up so that all participants, including AusPost, can sit around a table and develop policy that will support the mail service, and associated industries, so that mail and those industries grow, and
provide good and secure jobs. The PVCA and the AMWU
say “We look forward to the Senate Committee considering what we have put forward in a favourable manner so that we can address these issues facing our industry.”
Kuhn said, “It was good
to present a united front of business and the union, and in fact it was remarked on by the committee as being a major positive for the submission.” 21
Macaulay in hospital after motorbike spill
Andrew Macaulay, CEO at Print & Visual Communication Association (PVCA), is in hospital following a serious motorbike accident, and was not expected to be back at work until the middle of May.
Macaulay was riding the bike on his brother’s farm in the NSW Hunter Valley when he hit a log in the long grass and took a major tumble.
He was initially taken to Singleton Hospital, then transferred to John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle, before being transferred to a Sydney Hospital.
PVCA enacted its emergency contingency plans, with a four-person
Motorbike accident: PVCA CEO Andrew Macaulay
executive team (comprising Walter Kuhn, John Georgantzakos, Stuart Fish and Tom Eckersley) taking responsibility for leadership and decision making.
Member services were unaffected, with all the usual phone numbers at PVCA, including industrial relations, open as usual. 21
rint & Visual state-based PICAs and the main Communication National Awards, following a Association has released year in which everything was
the key dates for next year’s PICAs and National Print Awards, with print’s night of nights set to run during PacPrint in Melbourne next September.
The PVCA is returning to in-person events for the 2021 awards season for both the
live streamed.
The PICA awards evenings
will take place in July, kicking off in South Australia, and running through the month in five major cities.
Awards dates:
South Australia – Fri 2 Jul Victoria – Fri 9 Jul
New South Wales – Fri 16 Jul Queensland – Fri 23 Jul Western Australia – Sat 31 Jul National Print Awards (Melbourne) – Thu 30 Sept
The National Print Awards gala dinner will take place
on the Thursday evening of PacPrint, on 30 September. 21
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